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Windy Live Wallpaper

Android live wallpaper visualizing local wind patterns
New in version 12
* Generate custom themes from a color.
* Automatically determine wallpaper color.
Android live wallpaper visualizing local wind patterns, inspired by the Pixel 2017 live wallpaper.

* Correct rendering on newer devices (the original shaders don't work at all).
* Updated wind data (the official data was last updated in 2019).
* Lower memory and CPU usage.
* Optionally render static frames to effectively eliminate all resource usage.
* More color schemes.
* Better location handling.
* Modern render pipeline using WebGPU.
* Create custom themes.
* Generate themes for arbitrary colors.
* All code is written from scratch.
* Other fixes.

The wind texture is generated from the NOAA GFS 0.25° ANL dataset (updated every 6 hours) using the wind vector values (UGRD, VGRD) at 850 mb elevation.
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  • Version 12 (12) suggested Added on Aug 12, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

    This version requires Android 11 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • access location in the background
      This app can access location at any time, even while the app is not in use.
    • access approximate location only in the foreground
      This app can get your approximate location from location services while the app is in use. Location services for your device must be turned on for the app to get location.
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.

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